Information processing apparatus and information processing method

a technology of information processing and information processing method, which is applied in the direction of electric digital data processing, instruments, computing, etc., can solve the problem that the layout of the content administrator is significantly different from the one intended for the content administrator

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-09-10
CANON KK
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[0020]It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to control the usage of objects in accordance with a layout intended by the content administrator.

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Particularly when laying out and outputting a plurality of objects, a problem arises in that the layout differs significantly from the layout intended by the content administrator.

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[0051]FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the distribution of protected content according to an embodiment.

[0052]A protected content generating apparatus 101, a formed document generating apparatus 102 and a formed document output apparatus 103 transmit / receive electronic data to / from each other via a content distribution path 104. As used herein, “content” refers to electronic data including digital information such as texts, documents, images and videos.

[0053]As the content distribution path 104, for example, a computer network as typified by the Internet is assumed to be used, but it is also possible to use a dedicated network configured with devices such as cell phones, or a physical path using recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMS.

[0054]The transmission / reception of electronic data is not limited to a configuration in which the protected content generating apparatus 101, the formed document generating apparatus 102 and the formed document output apparatus 1...

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an input unit adapted to input forming information related to a layout, a plurality of objects, and a policy which includes information on permission of usage of the plurality of objects and information on allowance of usage related to a layout for the plurality of objects. The apparatus further includes a first determination unit configured to determine based on the policy, for each of the plurality of objects, whether the usage of the object is permitted, and a second determination unit configured to determine based on the policy whether the forming information satisfies an allowed layout. The apparatus also includes an output unit configured to lay out and output the plurality of objects for which usage is permitted, in accordance with the forming information for which usage is permitted, when the first determination unit determines that usage of the respective objects is permitted and the second determination unit determines that the forming information satisfies the allowed layout. The output unit is controlled so as not to operate when the first determination unit determines that usage of any object is not permitted or the second determination unit determines that the forming information does not satisfy the allowed layout.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to usage control of content that is used as objects of a formed document.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004][Formed Document][0005]Document data in a format that represents a document in a combination of objects and forming information thereof (hereinafter referred to as a “formed document”) has been utilized in recent years. As used herein, “objects” refer to content items serving as components that constitute a document, that is, data items written in formats such as JPEG, PDF, Tiff and PostScript®. “Forming information” refers to data that specifies objects serving as components of a formed document, and in which the relationship between the objects and the formed document is written. When describing that “forming information specifies objects to be output” in the explanation given hereunder, it indicates that forming information specifies objects so that the objects are output...

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Patent Type & AuthorityPatents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/24G06F17/30G06F21/10G06F21/60
CPCG06F17/211G06F17/248G06F40/186G06F40/103
InventorIMAMOTO, YOSHIHARU
OwnerCANON KK